How detailed should the description of the invention be?
Your disclosure to OIPMIL should be as detailed as possible. An abstract can be included in the disclosure form and a more detailed description attached to the form. All information provided to OIPMIL is confidential. Without adequate information, OIPMIL cannot perform a complete evaluation of the likely commercial potential of the invention or obtain an accurate opinion on its apparent patentability. Furthermore, any patent application would be futile as the attorney would not possess adequate information to draft a specification and a set of claims that would provide sufficient protection for the invention. If I have been working on something in an outside collaboration should I disclose the invention to SDSMT? Yes. Please disclose technology developed as a result of outside collaboration to OIPMIL even if your collaborator offers to handle the invention. The employer of each inventor may have ownership in the invention. OIPMIL will coordinate with other joint owners of inventions an
